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Welcome to another special edition of. the Midas Touch podcast. I'm Ben Myelis. and look, I'm not going to hide the ball. here. We got Senator Bernie Sanders on. this special midterm edition of the. Midas Touch podcast. And guess who else. we've got? We've got Democratic Congress. member Robert Garcia. I have two very. important conversations that we're going. to bring in in just a moment. First, I'll bring in Senator Bernie Sanders. Then Congress member Robert Garcia. Of.

course, Congress member Garcia will be. the new chair of the House Oversight. Committee. And I think once he became. the Democratic leader for the House. Oversight Committee, once he started uh. injecting, I think just the type of. aggressiveness that we all wanted to. see. Even when Democrats were not in the. majority, we saw major changes happen. aggressiveness in terms of getting the. Epstein uh information out there. I.

won't say all the files cuz Donald Trump. and the MAGA Republicans keep uh. covering it up, but starting to hold. people accountable with the limited. powers that existed when you're not in. the majority. Now, Democratic Congress. member Garcia in the majority, a big. deal. And I want to talk about that. House oversight agenda because to me. it's like one of the most important. mandates that Democrats have, which is. aggressive, robust and ruthless. oversight of these MAGAs, of these.

crooks, of these criminals, of these. oligarchs, of these truly evil and. demonic people who have damaged our. country so much, inflicted so much pain. and trauma, and frankly to heal, in. order to move forward. We need to. confront these truly evil forces, these. oligarchs, these corrupt individuals in. the Trump regime, the Trump grifter. crime family. They need to be held. accountable right away. So, I want to.

talk to Democratic Congress member. Garcia about that. And of course, I want. to talk to Senator Bernie Sanders about. how he started with that fight the. oligarchy tour back in early 2025. We. covered every you remember every single. fight the oligarchy rally with. Democratic with Democratic Congresswoman. AOC. You had uh who else would join that. tour? You had uh other major well first. off a lot of the Democratic uh Congress.

members elect were part of that tour as. well and they were all showcased during. the fight the oligarchy tour. But. Senator Bernie Sanders was always such. an incredible leader. uh his vision on. uh making sure to fight for all. Americans, to fight for affordability, to fight the oligarchy, um to listen. One of the most important things in that. fight the oligarchy tour, you remember. when I would show it, there would be a.

aspect of it where they would listen and. Senator Sanders would ask the people in. the audience, "What do you think about. this? What do you think about that? Tell. me what issues matter to you the most.". And we would hear their fears about AI. unregulated and data centers. And we. would hear about how the oligarchs were. screwing them over, the importance of. releasing the Epstein files. Uh. affordability, how health care was being. ripped away in the wealthiest country in. the history of the world that people are.

not getting health care and people in. the United States die significantly. younger than people in other places of. the world. And it doesn't have to be. that way. Uh people not getting paid uh. one just not even getting paid a minimum. wage. Um and then you know we need to. talk about a wage not just a livable. wage but a wage with dignity. And there. are so many candidates that were out. there who won, you know, and it was. Senator Bernie Sanders was responsible.

for who that fight the oligarchy tour. was responsible, you know, and um you. know, it's interesting. I know I I I I. hear about the mandate. The mandate to. me clearly is a progressive mandate. right now. But the interesting thing is. is and you know this from how I cover uh. all of these events. What became very. clear to me is just how the gamification. of politics divides we the people and.

how even though obviously you know when. we think about affordability and health. care and housing and when we think about. wages with dignity and unions and. workers you know that's framed as. progressive because those are. significant progressive ideals. What I. found interesting is that when you had. Senator Sanders speak in quote unquote. conservative areas, what the people. wanted was basically the same. Health. care and housing affordability and to be. paid with dignity and to uh be able to.

have a good education and not to have. data centers in their backyard and and. and to have and to be safe. I mean the. there are so many things that are. connected here and it became very clear. that when you have to fight the. oligarchy they're pouring so much money. into politics in order to divide us in. order to create a rage culture where. we're pitting people against each other. while these oligarchs are the one. looting and stealing and grifting and.

taking from us. And so, you know, what. became very clear, for example, and you. you see this in the Mississippi race. with Scott Cologne, you know, you talked. about an area like Mississippi when he's. out there speaking with people and. listening. People like, "Oh, well, Mississippi is a red state. It's a red. state and it's this and that." The. people in Mississippi are saying the. same thing that the people in New York. City are saying really when it comes to. affordability and cost of living and. health care and AI and jobs and.

healthcare, you know, and all of these. issues. And so I think that's such a. profoundly important uh observation. Want to remind everybody about our book. WTF America: The Way Out of This Hell. and Back to Democracy. Get a copy of it. right now. All right, I'll stop yapping. I know. Ben, bring in Senator Sanders. All right, let me bring in the first. interview of the special postmidterm. election edition of the Midas Judge. podcast. Let's bring in my interview. that I just did with Senator Bernie. Sanders. Let's bring in Senator Bernie. Sanders.

Now, I want to bring in Senator Bernie. Sanders. Senator Sanders, great to see. you. Of course, a major victory. I want. to say this for the people of this. country, electing individuals who will. fight for the people of the country. Sure. The headline, a big democratic. victory. I think it's a democracy. victory, a victory for workers. And in. large part, I think it began with the. fight the oligarchy tour when you and. others were traveling around the country.

back in 2025, listening, hearing from. people when there was a very dark shadow. cast over this country. Let's start. there with the fight the oligarchy tour. and how important you think that played. in this big victory. >> Well, I I think you make a good point. Uh we ended up going to I think 45. communities in dozens of states around. this country and we started at a time I. think couple of months after Trump was.

reelected and people were pretty. demoralized and what happened is huge. numbers of people I mean the turnouts. were unbelievable you know in Denver I. think we had 35,000 people we had more. than that in Los Angeles and Folsam. California and Iowa in Nebraska. uh in Idaho. I mean, you know, we went. to conservative parts of the country to. hear where people were at. Uh and uh I. think what the fighting oligarchy tour.

showed is that people want not only are. they dissatisfied with the status quo, they really want fundamental and. structural changes in the way uh our. economy and government works. Uh there. is a full understanding that the economy. is rigged. The rich are getting much. richer. Working people are struggling. Campaign finance system is corrupt. Billionaires buy elections. People made it clear they wanted change.

And I think that rippled across the. entire uh political spectrum uh and. played a role in uh what we saw happen. on Tuesday. >> Yeah. when you went to these so-called. conservative areas, it stood out they're. not that conservative in a sense of what. uh the term has been you. It turns out. they're people and they actually share a. lot of the same concerns that so-called. progressives and you know and so these.

labels what became very clear to me as I. was following your tour and I was. showcasing all of them I said you know. what this all of this labeling has. actually been intended to divide us and. gify politics and at its core what we. really should be talking to are the. issues that really matter to the people. and That's what kind of struck me when. you went to these areas. These were the. same issues that progressive people were. talking about that these oligarchs were. crushing them. >> Absolutely. I will never forget, you.

know, for what was a smaller event. We. did it in West Virginia in the most. proTrump county in a very proTrump. state. And to your point, you know what. we heard, Bernie? We can't afford. healthcare. We can't find a doctor. We. have to travel hours to get to a. specialist. We're worried about uh the. quality of education our kids are. getting. We're worried about our. drinking water uh and whether it is safe.

to drink. Uh we're worried about the. future of the country. So what we heard. in conservative areas from working. people is exactly the same thing uh we. heard in progressive areas. Uh the. system is broken. people want and demand. change. And bottom line here, Ben, is, you know, it would be one thing if we. were a poor country and I said to you, you know, Ben, you know, 90 million. people are uninsured or underinsured. We.

can't afford health care for all. We're. a poor country. Or we can't afford to. make sure that all of our kids can get. to college without going deeply in into. debt. Or we can't afford to raise the. minimum wage to a living wage. We're a. poor country. We are the richest country. in the history of the world. But at the same time, we have more. income and wealth inequality than we. have ever had in our history. You got. one man, Mr. Musk, owning more wealth.

than the bottom 53% of American. households. Do you think conservative. families think that's a good idea? No, they don't. So what we need to do is to. make certain that when Democrats take. power in January, their agenda is agenda. that is prepared to take on the. oligarchs and fight for working. families. We got to get beyond. generalities. What does that mean? Well, if you'll allow me a second just to tick.

off some of the things in my view that. we have to do. Trump uh in the so-called. big beautiful bill, that terrible piece. of legislation, threw 15 million people. off of the health care that they have in. order to give a trillion dollars in tax. breaks to the top 1%. If we do not act, tens of thousands of Americans will die. because they don't have healthcare. That. has got to be rescended immediately. But. that is not enough. The health care. system is broken.

We need fundamental reform. And that. means we need to do what every other. major country on earth does and that is. guarantee healthcare to all people as a. human right. That means Medicare for. all. Four-year transition program first. year lower the Medicare age of. eligibility from 65 to 55. Expand. Medicare to cover dental hearing and. vision. Include all of the children. Do. away with out-of- pocket expenses. That's number one. Number two, what do.

you do right now to impact the lives of. ordinary people who are struggling? You. raise the minimum wage to a living wage. Right now, insanely 7 and a quarter an. hour, federal minimum wage. Got to raise. that minimum wage to, in my view, at. least uh $20 an hour. Thirdly, if we're. going to have the resources that we need. to make sure that our elderly are living. can retire with dignity and we don't. have the highest rate of childhood.

poverty of any major country on earth, we need a wealth tax on billionaires. We have a proposal out there, $4. trillion over a 10-year period. We could. provide in the first year $12,000. rebate cash for a family of four, $3,000. for every workingclass person in this. country for immediate relief. We can. make public colleges and universities. tuition free. We can build 7 million. units of low-income and affordable.

housing. We can have universal and free. child care. That's what we could do with. a modest tax on a handful of. billionaires because they are so very. rich. And obviously it goes without. saying what this campaign was. significantly about. As Vice President. Vance pointed out, it was the war in. Iran that has got to end. We can end it. We can end all funding to the extremist. government in Israel as well. And I. think that there is a mandate right now.

to do all of those things. Some people. are calling it a progressive mandate, but my view is it's a mandate. That's. what the people want. And what I also. want to be careful of again is this the. labeling purely because I think. progressives and people who think that. they're conservative want the things. that you just said. I think actually all. of that is progressive but conservatives. go on because they've been lied to by.

this Trump regime thinking that that's. cons. And it's like no it's it's it's. not. And corporate news is getting this. completely all wrong even after the. results are staring us in the face. >> Ben, you are absolutely right. You know. what the polling is right now on. Medicare for all? Over 60% of the people. support Medicare for all. Overwhelming. support for increasing taxes on. billionaires. Overwhelming support for. ending the war and US military aid to. the Israeli government. These are not.

quote unquote progressive ideas. Your. point is right. These are the ideas that. the vast majority of the American people. believe in. >> So how do we deal with this money. pouring in though by the oligarchs to. divide us? One tool they use are these. labels. They pit us against each other. so that they can be the ones who loot. and plunder. >> All right, Ben. Now you're touching on a. very very big issue and it's one that. I'm afraid a lot of my colleagues get.

very nervous about dealing with. and that is we are living now in an. oligarchic form of society where a small. number of people have not only. incredible wealth. uh but they increasingly own the media. by the way which is why what you do and. others other podcasters are doing is so. terribly important. You're giving the. American people an alternative view. outside of mainstream media, corporately.

owned media. Terribly important. But. maybe most significantly, uh, these guys own increasingly own the. political process. Uh, now they failed. That's the good news. But, uh, not for. lack of trying. Uh the billionaires. spent huge amounts of money trying to. win this election to maintain Republican. control over the House and the Senate. They have you know how many lobby give. you one example comes to my mind. We pay. by far the highest prices in the world.

for prescription drugs. Take a wild and. crazy guess as to how many lobbyists. there are in the pharmaceutical industry. in Washington DC. Take a crazy guess. >> I'm going to go 25,000. 25,000. No, not quite that many. [laughter]. That's a little crap. But, you know, we. have 135 members of the House, 100. members of the Senate, 535 members of. Congress. There are 1,500.

lobbyists. Three lobbyists for every. member of Congress. Got it. >> Got it. That's why you pay the highest. prices in the world for prescription. drugs. And that's an issue we must deal. with. and they probably have staff and. assistants and others. So, I'm still I'm. gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna go with my. number as as [laughter] being not far. off. >> Even if it's inaccurate, go with it. What's the difference? >> So, so what do we do though? Because if. we get trapped in election cycle.

gamified politics, that's where the. oligarchs want us to be in pit against. each other. Who's winning? Who's losing? this personality, that personality. versus why we win. So what I talk about. on this show a lot is elections are very. important. But these authoritarians had. a generational and international plan. that has been going on for a while to. have the outcomes we see now. So I talk. about building generational and. international structures as well to.

fight back because these authoritarians. are international in scope. We see the. links. Talk to us about that. Well, uh, when you talk about. generational, uh, change, take a look, as I hope your viewers do, at many of the new people coming into. Congress. And, uh, I'm especially attuned, obviously, to the progressive members.

And you're seeing younger people, many. of them under 40, uh many of them have. never run for uh major office before. They really come from uh the grassroots. They're just ordinary people. They're. trade unionists. They're community. organizers. Uh in Montana, you have a guy who's a. smoke jumper. Um they're teachers in uh. California, a young man who's a teacher. in a community college. Uh so you're. seeing now not only a new generation of.

younger people coming in but a more. diverse uh group of people often people. of color uh a lot of women and so forth. Your point though which we need a longer. period of time to discuss is the. international issue. Uh it is not an. accident that Elon Musk puts a whole lot. of money into right-wing extremist. parties uh in Germany and elsewhere. Uh. why Trump pays attention to right-wing.

parties in Latin America and why this. issue of oligarchy is not just an. American issue. And you know I often. talk about how 1% owns more wealth here. than the bottom 93%. That's true in. country after country all over the. world. You go to countries in um the. Gulf region. You go to UAE, Saudi. Arabia, Qatar. These are dictatorships. run by some of the wealthiest families. in the world. And interestingly enough,

then do you remember the first foreign. policy trip that Donald Trump made when. he came back to office? Do you remember. where he went? >> Did he go to Canada? Did he go to. Europe? Where did he go? >> He went to the Middle East. He went to. Saudi Arabia. and I think you know these are countries. that do not believe in democracy. They're dictatorships really strong. dictatorships but they have incredible. amounts of money and they're spreading. that money all over the world to gain. increased influence. So when we talk.

about oligarchy, understand that people. like Musk make massive investments in. Saudi Arabia. That you got a small. number of people with unbelievable. wealth. who are having enormous impact on the. economic and political life of the. entire world. And you're quite right in. saying that the response to that has got. to be an international response, which. among other reasons is why I was. delighted that Lula uh won re-election.

um in Brazil and some of the strategies. he deployed to push back against the. algorithmic manipulation that we can. learn from. You and I should do a whole. show about that because we could talk. about the WhatsApp chat of 10 million. people who pushed out coordinated. messaging and we talk a lot about that. I I'd love to do it. And this issue of. media. All right. I don't have to tell. you. You know it a lot better than I do. Who owns the social media in America? Who owns Twitter? >> It's the oligarchs. It's owns.

>> It's the Musks. It's the. >> Zuckerberg. Musks. It's the Zuckerbergs. It's the It's the whole crew. >> Ellison. >> Ellison. >> We should talk about that. Uh. [snorts and clears throat] because. you know what media is is not the quote. unquote fake news that Trump talks. about. It's not like reporters are liars. and all that. That is not what it is. Most of them try to reporters try to do. their job. It is what are the issues. that corporate media will discuss. We. are the only major country on earth that. doesn't guarantee healthcare to all.

people. How often, you tell me, Ben, you're an acute observer. How often do. you hear that issue discussed on. corporate media? >> Yeah, very. >> no. >> Okay. We have more income and wealth. inequality today in America than we've. ever had in the history of this country. You hear that discussed on NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox. >> No, the most important issues are always. ignored by the corporate news. And you. can say, is that a coincidence or is it. that they don't want to talk about it? Because if you have these conversations,

you unite the people and you can see. >> that's precisely what the issue is. So. what we have got to do is take a deep. breath. Give you another example. AI is the most transformational. technology in the history of the world. Period. Nobody denies that. It will have a huge impact on our. economy, probably eliminating many. millions of jobs. It could eviscerate. our privacy rights, could undermine our.

democracy by putting stuff on the. internet that people will not know. whether it's true or fiction. uh it is undermining the mental health. of our kids who are getting addicted uh. to AI and to uh having uh bot. companions. And of course, as some. leading scientists are telling us, there. is an existential threat of what happens. if uh AI becomes smarter than humans and. we lose control over AI. What happens.

then? How often is this fundamental issue in. which the big tech oligarchs Musk and. the others pushing this forward without. any government control? How often are we. even discussing that? So your point is. the more important the issue often the. less that it is discussed and we need to. change that data centers lots of. referendum. I think there was 41.

moratoria unreferendums in communities. and cities. All of them passed with. overwhelming uh support to block these. data centers. I mean 75 80% of of people. voted against them. This was an issue. that you were talking about on the fight. the oligarchy tour and when you were. asking and when you were asking the. people you would have the listening. session part of the fight the oligarchy. tour. Tell me what you're worried about. is one of the issues that came up. >> Absolutely. You know, uh, Alexandria. Kaziocortez and I introduced this, I. think. I think, you know, nine or 10.

months ago, we introduced a national. moratorium on the construction of data. center. Oh, Bernie, you're crazy. Oh my. god, nobody wants to do this. Well, as. you just said, we saw the results on. Tuesday. I think was ended up what, 42. out of 43 communities voted for a. moratorium or some restrictions in one. way or another. So, people are. concerned. All right, the bottom line of. this whole discussion I've got to get. going is there are enormous challenges. facing the American people. Donald Trump.

came to power because Republican because. workingclass people kind of gave up on. the Democrats and they said, "All right, Democrats aren't doing anything for me. We're going to vote for this guy, Donald. Trump." People today have given up for. all the right reasons on Donald Trump. Now they're looking to the Democrats. The Democrats cannot at this enormously. important moment fail the working class. of this country. We got to stand with. workers. We've got to take on the. oligarchs and we got to produce and make.

sure that we make life better for the. average working family. That's what this. challenge is about. We got to. [clears throat] do it. >> Senator Bernie Sanders truly appreciate. your time. We hope you'll come back on. soon and let's chat about international, let's chat about media, let's chat about. anything. Thanks. Thank you very much. Take care. Bye-bye. >> Great interview there with Senator. Bernie Sanders. I appreciate was able to. speak to him for about 20 minutes. Very, very inspiring. And to me, what he.

discussed there, that's the mandate that. Democrats have. I don't want them to. blow that mandate cuz what he was saying. right there, to me, that's where. America's at right now. I think that's. what the American people feel. Tell me. what you think about it. But every word. of that, I think that appeals to people. from New York City to Mississippi to. Indiana to Arizona to New Mexico to. Minnesota to you name it. Every state. Every state, right? I mean, that's what. I think voters want. That's the message.

that was sent. When you see all of these. uh state houses turning blue, all of. these state legislatures, right, turning. blue, the state supreme courts turning. blue, and of course the massive victory. Democrats had in the House of. Representatives, what when all said and. done, going to have like 260 seats, maybe more right around there. In the. Senate, 56 seats or so, right? I mean, when you talk about this, it's it's. delivering on an agenda that helps.

people and rejects the hate and rejects. the hate. So increders. All right. Now, I want to bring in. Democratic Congress member and soon to. be chair of the House Oversight. Committee. Let me bring in my interview. with Democratic Congress member Robert. Garcia. Let's bring in that interview. Now I want to bring in Democratic. Congress member Robert Garcia, the new. chair of the House Oversight Committee. Great to see you chair elect, but I'm.

just going to say you're the chair now. in my heart. Just a few months away. Your immediate message was lawyer up. right there to let's talk about that. Lawyer up. Talk about that message in. general. >> Yeah. I mean, look, I think we have to. be very very honest about uh what the. American public are are demanding and. what we ran about. We we ensured for us. that that in order to win, we talked. about affordability and we talked about. taking on corruption and uh obviously as. a as the new hopefully incoming chair of.

oversight um uh after our official vote. Uh I'm going to really focus on that. accountability piece and lawyer up is a. direct message to anyone that has harmed. the American public uh that is grifting. off the American people. Whether you are. a Trump family member, whether you are. Christine Noam and you you're abusing. your position when you were secretary, uh whether you are a corporation or CEO. that is ripping off the American people, or whether you're a co-conspirator of. Jeffrey Epstein, people need to. understand that it's going to be our job.

to take on corruption and to ensure that. as we're focused on affordability and. bringing down the cost of gas and. groceries, we're also holding the crooks. accountable. Look, you can chew gum and. walk at the same time. And I think the. big mandate though that people are. saying, don't forget about this is. exactly your portfolio, which you're. not. And I want that to be very clear is. that aggressive oversight is at the top. of the agenda. And what you've been able.

to do when you were not in the majority, now you have subpoena power. And I think. that's the mandate. People want to see. aggressive, ruthless, relentless, wherever the law takes, whatever that. means. That's what I hear every day. Congressman, >> I hear the same thing. I I mean, we. people uh came out in droves um because. they're angry. They're angry at looking. at the the gas pump and how expensive it. is. They're angry when they're feeling.

they're being ripped off at the grocery. store. They're angry seeing their their. their money being spent on a war that. nobody asked for. Um, and they're and. they're angry at government at the. corruption because remember what they're. seeing is they're going to the grocery. store, they're seeing the prices, then. they're going watching TV and seeing and. hearing about how the Trumps are richer. than ever. So, as people struggle, the. Trumps get billions and billions of. dollars richer. And and that is at the. heart of why people I think turned out.

They saw the abuses, the corruption, what ICE, how people are profiting off. the the humanity of ICE and DHS. They. saw how the Trumps continue to get. richer and they're thinking all I want. to be able to do to forward my life for. me and my family. And so that's got to. be at the center of our agenda. And I. and I think it will be. I think I think. people have been clear Democratic. leadership uh are clear that we're going. to have both affordability and. accountability as those two cornerstones. of our agenda. Let's talk about since. the big victory, have you been hearing.

from whistleblowers and other people. saying, "Now I'm ready." Have you been. speaking with them before for this. opportunity? I mean, there's a lot of. people I know who wanted to testify that. James Comr prevented and they probably. have a lot of great things. They just. want the right forum to tell their. story. Yeah, we um obviously we've been. talking to folks even before the. election, but uh we expect there will be. um there'll be significant amount of. folks that are going to want to uh. engage and that are going to want to. share their stories knowing that they're. going to be protected by by the House.

and um and that they're going to have a. a majority that is going to listen, that. is going to wants to focus on supporting. people, on protecting whistleblowers, on. making sure people know that yes, we are. committed to truth. We are committed to. accountability. uh we are we want to get. to a place where government is not. viewed um as a pl as a as a thing that's. harming people. You know, we we want to. protect our democracy and and that's. going to be an important part of these. next couple of years. And I think the. country is demanding that of us. We.

can't I've always said like for there. for us to really be able to move. forward, there has to be justice. There. has to be accountability. And I think. that's going to be the job of oversight. You know, I saw Melania Trump in the. White House today spewing Russian. propaganda next to Carill Demetri of I. was again, it just it hits me viscerally. like, "What the f is going on here?" You. see Don Jr., you see Eric, you see this. Trump family, you know, Baron um is out.

there. I know Melania wants to cuddle. him like he's a toddler, but he's an. adult and he may be involved in stuff. talk to us about that and about when. these people get subpoenaed, when they. have to testify and you know they're. going to fight it and run like the. cowards they are, but when when when do. they get hit with subpoenas? >> Yeah. I mean, look, obviously we don't. take over the Congress till January. And. so, um, we're going to have to right now. just continue the planning and also. quite frankly dig in over the next few. months because we still have a couple. months of Republican control and they.

can do a lot of damage in a couple. months and so we have to really push. back hard. dig in uh push back against. any kind of efforts they may try to make. whether it's uh supreme through the. Supreme Court an appointment there which. is concerning or whether they they try. to ram through some kind of new. legislation uh in the house that's going. to also be really critical and then. we're going to begin the planning so. once January's here we're ready on day. one look we are prepared for that first. day where we have those gavvels and.

we're in control of the house uh to. begin those investigations the Trump. family is at top of the list of folks. that need to answer questions to the. American public. Why are they grifting? Why are they stealing your money? Why. are they stealing everybody's wealth and. hardearned labor and then giving it to. themselves and to their friends? Those. are the questions people want to know. Trump has caused a lot of these MAGA. Republicans to lose their job and. they're pissed and they're livid, you. know, at that. Do you think and have you.

been hearing so far that, you know, look, there's probably the cult's going. to cult. They're going to do what. they're going to do. But do you see. yourself going back to Congress next. week and maybe seeing some cooperation. by people who didn't want to help, saying, you know, MAG is dead. These. people screwed me and there's a world. without Trump and I have to think about. that now. Do you think there may be that. when you return next week? >> I do. I and I I really hope so. Look, first uh many of the members that um.

expected to be back are gone. And so a. lot of these Republicans that are in the. House right now who thought they'd be. safe uh won't be coming back to Congress. in January. And so we'll see what they. choose to do. Will they finally have. some courage? Will they finally stand up. to Trump? I I hope and I think some of. them will uh because now they're going. to be not worried about their own. reelection. And the other piece is for. the rest that are there, they've got to. understand that the country rejected. their policies. The country rejected. what they try to get through uh in in in.

that huge bill that that caused so much. harm to healthcare and tax policy. We. need to make it very clear to the. American public that the work isn't. over. And and I I've told folks, I think. it's really important for your viewers. as well, we are. right now at the beginning. So we are in. the process right now. This this is not. the end. This is this is the start of. something new. This is the start of a. larger movement towards winning the.

White House in 28 towards repealing all. the horrible things that Trump has done. and to putting forward a new agenda um. that locks in a a true um progressive. movement where we're uplifting working. people. We're supporting all families. and we get back to a place of just. common decency where where people can. actually be kind to each other. um and. and and support each other. I think. that's what the American public want. >> Talk about building your team right now. I mean, obviously, you've put together. an incredible team, a lot of young.

talent across the country of Democrats. who are going to be with you on the. House oversight. I was so impressed what. you all did when you were not in the. majority. But talk to us even about the. other type of staff like the lawyers. There's a lot of top lawyers that the. Trump regime purged who are probably. looking for a job to actually follow law. and order. There are people who are. working at firms that, you know, may not. reflect their values who want to help. out. How do you build this team so that. you've got the best talent that there.

is? >> Well, first we are um we're really. excited about uh the team we're building. and uh we're really committed to. ensuring that we have the top-notch. talent from across the country. We have. our our resume bank is overflowing um. right now. And so while when we're able. to grow in the majority, obviously we'll. be able to bring in a bunch of new. folks, uh we're we're hire we're going. to hire up. We're going to hire some of. the best policy people and lawyers and. investigators, communications people. Um. that will be allow us to do the work of. the committee and tell our story. Um and.

most importantly, deliver for what the. American people voted for on Tuesday. We. have a job now and that's to deliver. And we have to tell the American public. clearly that yes, affordability is the. driving issue, but that accountability. always always they're always linked. And. with without true reform of the. corruption, we're never going to have an. affordable America. We're never going to. have these oil companies that are making. record profits and ripping you off at. the pump. These large companies that are.

putting in surveillance pricing to. charge you something different than what. your neighbor's paying at at the. supermarket. These are these are real. issues and um and they're ones that. we're going to take on. >> And I can tell you're also paying a lot. of attention already. I think you made a. statement with some of the early drops. on the social media accounts how you're. going to communicate with the people, you know, aggressively. Keep it though. entertaining, always factual, but but I. think that's an important part as well. Can you speak to that? Cuz that's what. I've noticed just right away already. It.

was like there's a real social media. plan going on as well. Look, we have to. get people's attention, right? I mean, the reality is is that um we're. competing with so uh so much other stuff. out there, entertainment, sports, people's attention are drawn everywhere. And so, if we're going to deliver our. message, we've also got to cut through. And um that means having a really sharp. uh communication strategy. And that's. something that we've been able to do. even in the minority with a much more. limited uh you know, resource structure. And so we do expect to have a robust uh.

communications team and plan to. communicate this message to the public. so that they know what we're doing. That's transparency uh is is really. important here. And before we go, Congressman, you've told me this before, but I just want to remind people now. that we're past the uh midterms, the the. the way you've seen kind of the. multi-prong approach. There's like an. Epstein approach, there's a tech. approach that go over that again with. us. Yeah, I mean we we we basically. going to have four four main lanes, our.

investigative lanes and uh the first is. Trump family corruption that's focused. on the Trump family and all of the. grift. The second is going to be on DHS. and ICE especially Gnome and Luwendowski. who there's a lot of allegations and. questions that need to be answered. there. Uh we know what they've been. doing across the country and kidnapping. people in these detention centers who's. profiting off of those. Uh then we'll. have our corporate corruption lane and. so anyone that's ripping off the. American public or is in bed with the. Trumps ripping off the American public.

that'll be really important. And then. finally of course is the Jeffrey Epstein. investigation. So true justice for the. survivors, real public hearings, uplifting the stories. Those are our key. four lanes and we're excited to get to. work on those. >> There are whistleblowers, people who. have info and want to give tips. Is. there a like how do you you so many. people who watch us? What what do they. do? They should just go to the oversight. uh Democratic oversight website and. there's a whistleblower uh protection uh. page there where they can get. information whether they want to call, whether they want to leave a message,

it's all protected. >> Congressman Garcia, the chair of the. House Oversight Committee. Great. >> Thank you. >> Want to thank Democratic Congress member. Robert Garcia. And I think it was. important to listen to that interview. because I know if you're like me, we're. thinking, "Do not let these criminals, do not let these sex predators, do not. let this Epstein class, do not let these. oligarchs get away with it. We can walk.

and chew gum at the same time, sure, but. this ain't a kumbaya. They go low, we go high moment." And no, we could address the issues of cost of. living. We could address the issues of. affordability and jobs and health care. Very, very important. Very important. Every day put bill, you know, pass. legislation, pass it. If Trump wants to. veto popular legislation that the people. want, let him do it. But but but keep.

fighting for it and make it very clear. that you're fighting for these for these. bills and let's get that information out. the same time. We can do both. Make sure. that oversight is ruthless. Subpoinas. every damn day. Do not let these. Trumpers, Do not let the Trump crime. family, do not let these oligarchs, do. not let that criminal cartel, these. gangsters, these frankly international.

gangsters get away with their crimes, investigate the hell out of them in and. and I'm confident Congress member Garcia. will. He showed us that he could do. that. Anyway, that's our special edition. for you. WTF America is our book, The. Way Out of This Hell and Back to. Democracy. Two weeks in a row on the New. York Times bestseller list. Get the. ebook or the hard coverver book or the. audio or all of the above. Get it as a. gift coming up for Christmas and. holidays. Get it as a gift or um so we.

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